Tag: robotics
The clinical trends driving innovation in stroke care
How is innovation in stroke care guided by contemporary clinical trials? This was the question NeuroNews put to Atul Gupta, the Chief Medical Officer...
XCath highlights endovascular robotics innovation at SLICE Next Frontiers
XCath has announced that it presented at the recent Stroke Live Course (SLICE) Next Frontiers conference (3–4 April, virtual), hosted by Vincent Costalat (University Hospital...
Nanoflex Robotics installs its first remote-ready robotics system in North America
Switzerland-based startup firm Nanoflex Robotics has announced that it recently installed its first remote-ready robotics system for neurovascular procedures at the Jacobs Institute (Buffalo,...
Robocath completes CARE clinical trial evaluating robotic carotid stenting
Robocath has today announced the results of its CARE clinical trial focusing on robotic carotid stenting—the first phase of a research programme launched in...
Current evidence on AI-based autonomous interventions “inadequate” despite potential benefits
The existing body of evidence supporting artificial intelligence (AI) and the autonomous navigation of endovascular procedures is “inadequate”, despite the theoretical benefits held by...
Brainomix and Nanoflex to work on AI-assisted robotic system for remote...
Brainomix and Nanoflex Robotics have announced today that they have been awarded a grant via the ‘UK—Switzerland Bilateral: Collaborative R&D ’ programme, under which...
Zeta Surgical announces successful first treatment in neurosurgical navigation study
Zeta Surgical has successfully treated its first patient using the Zeta cranial navigation system as part of a first-in-human trial at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI)...
NeuroOne announces first clinical case using Evo sEEG electrode in robotic...
NeuroOne Medical Technologies has announced the first clinical case using the Evo stereoelectroencephalography (sEEG) electrode in robotic neurosurgery.
Performed by William Bingaman at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland,...
Vitor Mendes Pereira
As medical accolades go, performing the world’s first robot-assisted neurointerventional procedure—a feat that Vitor Mendes Pereira and his team achieved back in 2019—is something...
The inevitable growth of neurovascular robotics: Improved precision today, potential remote...
This advertorial, sponsored by Siemens Healthineers, is intended for readers outside of the USA.
The majority of cases the CorPath GRX Neurovascular Robotic System (Siemens...
CorPath GRX robot demonstrates safety and effectiveness in neurovascular aneurysm treatment
Corindus, a Siemens Healthineers company, announced today the recent presentation of results from a “first-of-its-kind” study demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of robotic-assisted neurovascular...
How AI, automation, robotics and other innovations in ultrasound are improving...
Robert Hamilton (Los Angeles, USA) outlines several key milestones in the history of stroke care, and discusses how recent technological advances in this space...
AiM unveils prototype of MRI-compatible neurosurgical robot, receives Sontag Foundation funding
AiM Medical Robotics has announced the unveiling of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-compatible prototype of its “industry-first” robotics platform, a company press release states,...
Taiwan’s FDA approves first autonomous neurosurgical navigation robot from Brain Navi
NaoTrac, a CE-certified neurosurgical navigation robot from Brain Navi Biotechnology, has achieved approval from Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), and submission to the...
SNIS 2022: Neuroendovascular robotics could improve safety of complex procedures
Stroke surgery and other neuroendovascular procedures could be made safer and easier through robotics, according to research presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s...
Robotics, AI and other innovations in stroke and aneurysm care on...
Specialists from around the world will gather at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 19th annual meeting (25–29 July, Toronto, Canada) next week to discuss...
MIT engineers develop joystick-operated robot to help surgeons treat stroke remotely
Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA have developed a telerobotic system to enable surgeons to quickly and remotely treat...
Corindus relocates Massachusetts headquarters to accommodate company growth
Corindus, a Siemens Healthineers company, announced today the opening of its new headquarters at 275 Grove Street in Newton, USA. Siemens Healthineers relocated the...
Why robotics holds the key to the future of stroke treatment
Vitor Pereira and Nicole Cancelliere (St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada) outline recent breakthroughs in the deployment of robotics for neurointerventional procedures and discuss future...
Episode 4: Potential benefits offered by robotics must be factored into...
In the fourth and final instalment of a NeuroNews video series, Jeffrey Saver (University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA)...
Episode 3: Is patient harm the most significant ethical challenge in...
Jeffrey Saver (University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA) details what he feels is the “greatest concern” when it comes...
Episode 2: Why conflicts of interest may pose problems for neurointerventionists...
Jeffrey Saver (University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA) highlights financial benefits, the phenomenon of ‘training time bias’, and a...
Episode 1: Informed patient consent and other pressing ethical issues in...
In the first instalment of a four-part video series on NeuroNews, Jeffrey Saver (University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA)...
AiM Medical Robotics raises US$3.4 million to accelerate MRI-compatible robotics platform
AiM Medical Robotics recently announced that it has raised US$3.4 million in seed funding, led by IQ Capital and Surrey Capital Partners. Other investors include The...
Lack of evidence among challenges that must be overcome to realise...
In spite of the clinical successes observed to date, a lack of high-level safety and efficacy evidence, among other current challenges and limitations, must...
Few cases and short timeframe required to overcome learning curve with...
A retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database has found that robot-assisted carotid artery stenting (CAS) is both safe and effective. Writing in Neurosurgical...
CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system approved for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia in...
Accuray has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Shonin) to market the CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system for the treatment of...
Robocath successfully performs first carotid stenting in France with R-One robot
Robocath today announced its successful first robotic carotid stenting at Rennes University Hospital. This breakthrough in the neurovascular field was performed on 16 November...
Accuray announces two decades of clinical data on CyberKnife robotic radiotherapy...
Accuray has announced the publication of more than two decades of globally-driven clinical data supporting the use of its CyberKnife robotic radiotherapy platform for the delivery...
SNIS 2021: Remote stroke interventions raise several unique ethical challenges
At the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s 18th annual meeting (SNIS; July 26–29 2021, Colorado Springs, USA and virtual), Jeffrey Saver, professor of Neurology at...
Neuro42 closes US$6.5 million Series A financing round
Neuro42, a US medical technology start-up focused on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and robotics, has announced the close of a US$6.5 million Series A...
Robocath, Rennes University Hospital partner with Philips France to research stroke...
Robocath and Rennes University Hospital have announced they are launching a co-development research programme using robotics to improve treatments for stroke patients. With the...
Completion of first pilot for the Rise&Walk InClinic robotic technology announced
Healing Innovations has announced the completion of the first pilot for its new Rise&Walk InClinic technology at Shepherd Center in Atlanta, USA. The pilot...
Future stroke rehabilitation could include robotic therapy
At the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) virtual meeting (15–16 January), Dylan J Edwards, director of the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute and director of...
First robotic-assisted intracranial implant of Cerus Endovascular contour intrasaccular device
Cerus Endovascular has announced in a press release the first-ever robotic-assisted intracranial implant of its Contour intrasaccular device.
The procedure was completed by Nitin Dange...
First clinical study using patient-specific brain aneurysm models for pre-procedural rehearsals...
The findings of the first clinical study to use the EVIAS (Biomodex) 3D printing models to plan aneurysm treatment using endovascular robotics and novel...
A robotic future for the neurovascular field is deemed feasible
Does the shift away from open surgical vascular procedures towards percutaneous interventions favour a rise in the use of robotics? Gavin Britz (Houston Methodist...
Laboratory evaluation of a robotic operative microscope: A visualisation platform for...
Operative microscopes have become fundamental to the success of modern neurosurgical and other surgical specialty procedures. They have become active platforms for the development...
First Canadian Renishaw Neuromate stereotactic robot installed
The first Renishaw Neuromate stereotactic robot in Canada has been installed in the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in London. The first Neuromate-assisted neurosurgical...
